Deborah Lester

Director

Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation

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An innovative and collaborative leader who is an out-of-the-box thinker with 20 years of experience in building and reviving non-profit organizations and 15 years in growing county and state programs in Cooperative Extension all focused on the needs of the county or organization. Deborah is the  current Development Coordinator for 4-H Youth Foundation. During her time at 4-H she has increased funding from Board to 4-H programs by over 1000% in the last three years, has managed $2.7 million in investments with 64 endowments and annual budget of $432,500. Deb has also brought back donors from 11 years ago who quit donating to Foundation and increased their giving.